Parliament will investigate the operations of ZIMURA and ZICCO during nationwide public hearings examining royalties, copyright and the plight of musicians. The post Parliament investigates ZIMURA and ZICCO as musicians invited to nationwide public hearings appeared first on Nehanda Radio .
Parliament is set to investigate the operations of Zimbabwe’s two major music royalty collection organisations as part of nationwide public hearings examining the treatment and economic struggles of musicians.
The Portfolio Committee on Media, Information and Broadcasting Services will hold hearings in five cities between Monday and Friday, focusing on the Zimbabwe Music Rights Association (ZIMURA), the Zimbabwe Council of Copyrights (ZICCO) and the broader plight of local musicians.
According to parliamentary watchdog Veritas Zimbabwe, the hearings form part of an extensive programme of committee meetings, consultations and verification visits beginning on Monday, August 31.
The hearings will give musicians and other interested parties an opportunity to present their experiences and concerns about how ZIMURA and ZICCO operate.
Questions over the collection and distribution of royalties, copyright protection and transparency within collective management organisations have repeatedly generated controversy in Zimbabwe’s music industry.
The first hearing will be held at Rainbow Towers Hotel in Harare on Monday from 10am to midday.
The committee will then move to Amakhosi Theatre in Bulawayo on Tuesday before holding further sessions at Masvingo Civic Centre on Wednesday, Queens Hall in Mutare on Thursday and Cooksey Hall in Chinhoyi on Friday.
All five meetings will run from 10am until midday.
The hearings come amid renewed national debate over musicians’ intellectual-property rights and the unauthorised performance or commercial exploitation of copyrighted works.
Parliament will also hold six open committee meetings at the New Parliament Building during the week.
Members of the public may attend as observers but will be required to produce identity documents before being allowed into the building.
Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Minister Kazembe Kazembe is expected to appear before the Portfolio Committee on Defence, Home Affairs, Security Services and War Veterans’ Affairs on Monday.
The committee will seek an update on the Lotteries and Gaming Amendment Bill and other proposed legislation announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa during his State of the Nation Address.
The Ministry of Information Communication Technology will separately present evidence on its budget performance during the first quarter of 2026.
On Tuesday, the ministries responsible for foreign affairs and agriculture will appear before their respective committees to account for their first-quarter budget performance.
Representatives from Manyame, Goromonzi, Mazowe and Zvimba rural district councils will also be questioned about informal and dysfunctional settlements within their jurisdictions.
The Traditional Medical Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe is scheduled to give evidence on Wednesday about the implementation of gender policies in healthcare, particularly cancer prevention, treatment and control.
Two parliamentary committees will jointly visit clinics, hospitals, universities and colleges across the country to investigate sexual and reproductive health services available to students.
The Portfolio Committee on Higher and Tertiary Education and the Thematic Committee on HIV/AIDS will divide into two teams for the programme running from August 31 to September 7.
One team will visit institutions in Gwanda, Bulawayo, Masvingo and Mutare. Its itinerary includes Gwanda State University, Hillside Teachers College, the National University of Science and Technology, Bondolfi Teachers College, Mutare Polytechnic and Marymount Teachers College.
The second team will travel to Gweru, Kwekwe, Chinhoyi, Nyadire, Marondera, Bindura and Harare.
Students at Midlands State University, Kwekwe Polytechnic, Chinhoyi University of Technology, Bindura University of Science Education and the Harare Institute of Technology will be among those invited to give evidence.
Both teams will conclude their programme in Harare on September 7 with visits and student hearings at the University of Zimbabwe and Morgan Zintech College.
The Portfolio Committee on Women Affairs, Community, Small and Medium Enterprises Development will meanwhile inspect businesses that received funding from the Small and Medium Enterprises Development Corporation.
Committee members will visit projects in Mutare, Masvingo, Gwanda, Lupane, Kadoma and Harare between August 31 and September 7.
The selected businesses operate in industries including hides and skins, packaging, recycling, food production and manufacturing.
The visits are expected to help Parliament establish whether the beneficiaries used the public funding for its intended purposes and assess the performance of the supported enterprises.
